A peach recall has expanded to include loose peaches and peach products after 78 people were sickened in 12 states by salmonella poisoning linked to the fruit, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

As Hurricane Laura bears down on the Gulf Coast, residents are preparing for what could be a historic storm surge.

Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Marco soaked portions of the Gulf Coast on Monday, one of two systems threatening a historic one-two punch in the region.

Think the risk of your home filling up with floodwater, magnified these days by climate change, is only an issue near the coasts and rivers? New research detailing nearly every corner of the U.S. shows otherwise.

Catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Company (KCC) estimates that insured losses from Tropical Storm Cristobal will reach nearly $150 million. KCC’s estimate, which was based on its high-resolution US Hurricane Reference Model, includes privately insured wind and storm surge damage to residential, commercial, and industrial properties and vehicles.

Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting an above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.

When it comes to so-called “nuclear verdicts”—or “social inflation” in the insurance industry—hindsight is 20/20, as a survey of the highest payouts in motor vehicle accident and premises liability cases across the Southeast U.S. reflects.

The tornadoes and storms that swept through Southeast Tennessee on Easter night toppled or damaged more than 6,200 homes and commercial buildings and left more than 1,300 cars in need of repair, according to initial insurance claims filed in the first week after the April 12-13 storms.

For the second Monday in a row, people across the South are waking up to storm damage caused by extreme winds, hail and tornadoes. Deadly tornadoes struck the same region on Easter.

More than 100 tornadoes struck the South in the two-day outbreak that killed more than 30 people this week, the National Weather Service said. Forecast teams checking for damage found 105 storm tracks that totaled more than 770 miles (1,239 kilometers) in all.

At least 16 people were killed after tornadoes began ripping through the South on Easter, destroying homes and storefronts and leaving over 1 million people without power from an intense storm system now headed towards the Mid-Atlantic.

At least three tornadoes touched down in multiple locations across the Southeast Tuesday as the National Weather Service issued tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings urging people to seek shelter.

A "large and destructive" tornado ripped across northeastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama late Tuesday afternoon, reportedly causing injuries and damage in the town of Tishomingo, Mississippi, near the Alabama state line.

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said Wednesday it is now recalling 3.2 million vehicles worldwide to address a fuel pump issue that could result in engines stalling.